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Differences recycled plastic with glass

Recycling Plastic And Glass - Why It Makes A Difference

Plastic and glass so is much of the increase from year to year, even
doubling the number the number of existing factories, all products
derived from the plastic wrap or glass, if it continues, the effluent
will be more and more,Plastic and glass waste if not recycled, this will cause damage to the environment so it is necessary to recycle back.Recycle
most of the waste we produce mass amounts of plastic and glass, and at
the same time we can reduce costs, save energy, protect the environment
and even create new jobs. Although awareness of waste continues to increase, the level of
recycling on the low side and a lot of people still do not realize why
recycling is very important.Recycling Waste PlasticAccording
to the Closing (the leading UK authority on plastics waste management),
each household uses about 373 plastic bottles a year of which 29 are
recycled and not recycled just one of these plastic bottle can save
enough energy to light a 60 watt to 6 hours. So why do not we recycle more plastic?One of the main issues regarding the recycling of plastics is the lack of opportunities to recycle. This
is partly because the plastic can be contaminated with other materials
and processing costs can be greater than the cost of production is more
plastic so compared with other materials such as glass and paper, there
are few places to recycle plastic. However, lightweight and very flexible plastic and one way this round of re-use of plastics in the house.There are different types of plastic but most plastics fall into one of the main types as follows:

LDPE (Low density polyethylene) - Plastic bags

PP (Polypropylene) - Margarine tubs and microwave food containers

PS (Polystyrene) - egg cartons, plastic cutlery and cups, pots of yoghurt, meat and fish foam trayPlastics
mostly used for packaging and because they have a relatively short life
span (they tend to be discarded as soon as it is used), they represent a
huge waste problem. They are also generally non-degradable, which means they can take a long time to decompose and damaged. TPA requires more space due to the amount of discarded plastic and
this is an area of ​​concern, especially since about 80% of plastic
dumped in landfill sites with less than 10% are currently being recycled
(Environment Agency Report 2001).Solutions
are constantly sought after and despite the growing number of
supermarket chains and retailers are now issuing plastic bags
biodegradable, this in itself can be a problem because a lot of people
might think that it is OK to just throw them away because they will
eventually break down, which is not always the case. Some of which rely on sunlight biodegradable bags to break them down
so that if they are disposed of as part of household waste and ends up
in a landfill, they will not be lowered because there is no light.What can you do to help ...

Re-use plastic bags as much as possible - do not throw it away

Buying products with less packaging

Try to reuse plastic pots and tubs in the house, for example, to
store small items such as buttons and screws and to germinate seeds or
donate them to playgroups and schools for arts and crafts

Buy rechargeable products as much as possible

When buying fruits and vegetables at the supermarket, do not put them into plastic bags - no need

Find out what facilities re-cycled plastic in your own area and use, encourage family and friends to do the same

Try to buy products made from recycled plasticRecycling Waste GlassGlass
is inert substance and so are not directly harmful to the environment
but is not degraded either so if sent to landfill it will stay there
indefinitely which is a real shame because the glass is a material that
is easy and very useful as it can be recycled again and again without loss of quality.Glass recycling easy for consumers, especially as the number of banks roadside bottles and glass collections increased. By far the most commonly used for glass in the home is in the form of
bottles and jars, and these make up about 80% of recycled glass.When
recycling your glass containers, banks often require glass bottles are
separated by color, which in itself can be a barrier to recycling as
consumers have to put in a little more effort, but there are reasons for
this. As you can imagine, it would be the giant is no longer a costly task
to separate every bit color from clear glass damaged before processing
so that there are few facilities that are currently able to do this,
which is why it is important to separate them before.One
of the problems with glass recycling in the UK is that the UK produces
large amounts of clear glass but the number is clearly "cullet" produced
(cullet is essentially a collection of broken glass) is low compared to
the amount of green cullet. One
reason for this is that a lot of the green bottles (wine, for example)
imported leading to a surplus of green cullet and at the same time a lot
of clear glass is exported in the form of a spirit. Another
is that many people are still not recycling clear glass containers
other than bottles, and this reduces the amount of clear glass cullet
available. However, on a positive note, tinted glass waste mixture can be used
for road construction and in the construction industry so it is
important to recycle all glass containers.Contaminants such as metal rings, paper labels, plastic etc. must be
identified and removed from the glass before the glass can be turned
into new containers and a lot of this is done by using equipment such as
metal detectors, vacuums, crushers and also with plain old manual
inspection.What can you do to help ...

Re-use of bottles and jars in the house

Where possible, bottles and bottles (milk bottles for example) back

Prior to rinse all recycled glass bottles and jars and remove any
peaks and metal rings etc. as this can damage the furnace used to
recycle glass

Recycle all glass containers not only drink bottle, this can include bottles, medicine bottles, glass food containers, etc.Recycle
plastic and glass is very important for the environment, if we do not
do that then our environment will suffer tremendous damage